Sakanoshita

Sakanoshita is a quarter in Tokorozawa, Saitama. Sakanoshita is situated nearby to the neighborhood Shitajuku 3-chome, as well as near 大和田三丁目.

Type: Quarter
Description: town in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Also known as: “大字坂之下”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tokorozawa IC and Takinojoshi Park.

Tokorozawa IC

Tollbooth

Photo: Ebiebi2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tokorozawa IC is a tollbooth.

Takinojoshi Park

Park

Photo: Bryanmackinnon, Public domain.

Taki-no Castle is a flatland-hilltop Japanese castle ruin located in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. It was on a key route between the northern Kanto Plain and Hachioji.

円通寺

Buddhist temple

Photo: Mizushimasea, CC BY-SA 4.0.

円通寺 is a Buddhist temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asaka and Nishi-Oizumimachi.

Asaka

Photo: urawa, CC BY 2.0.

Asaka is a small city in Saitama, right across the river from Saitama City. Asaka is primarily a bedroom community with over 37% of its population commuting to the Tokyo metropolis for work.

Nishi-Ōizumimachi is a small exclave neighborhood of Nerima Ward, Tokyo, Japan, that is cut off from the ward, surrounded entirely by the neighborhood of Katayama 3-chōme in the city of Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, approximately 60 metres north of the border between Niiza and Tokyo's neighborhood of Nishi-Ōizumi 6-chōme in Nerima Ward. Nishi-Oizumimachi is situated 6 km southeast of Sakanoshita.